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  • A History of Howard Johnson's

    How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    The iconic restaurant chain that defined Americana by introducing twenty-eight flavors of ice cream, "tendersweet" clam strips, grilled "frankforts," and more.Popularly known as the "Father of the Franchise Industry," Howard Johnson delivered good food and fair prices—a winning combination that brought appreciative customers back for more. The attractive white Colonial Revival restaurants, with ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Boston

    A Century of Progress

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Images of America
    On March 4, 1822, the townsfolk of Boston voted to incorporate their town as the City of Boston. A great change had just taken place, but even greater changes were to come during the ensuing century, as Boston's population grew from 50,000 to 750,000 by 1922 and as it developed from a colonial town into the "Hub of the Universe." Boston: A Century of Progress brings to life one hundred amazing ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Boston

    A Historic Walking Tour

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Images of America
    Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the Massachusetts State House as the �Hub of the Universe.� In Boston: A Historic Walking Tour, readers are guided on a series of downtown walking tours that radiate out from this Boston landmark. Featuring different excursions that explore Boston�s prominent neighborhoods and districts, visitors and natives alike will see how this city has become one of the country�s ... Read more

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  • Milton

    A Compendium

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series American Chronicles
    Nestled between the Neponset River and the Blue Hills Reservation is the postcard-perfect New England town of Milton, Massachusetts. Founded in 1640, its gentle riverbanks were soon transformed by some of the first mills in the colonies, and later an industrial boom drew tides of immigrants from across the seas. Local author and noted historian Anthony Sammarco brings together a fascinating ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Charlestown

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Images of America
    Images of America: Charlestown explores this historic city's rich and fascinating history through photographs. Originally settled in 1629, Charlestown became well-known as the scene of the pivotal Revolutionary Battle of Bunker Hill, actually fought on Breed's Hill. Recovering from a devastating fire at the hands of the British soon after the battle, Charlestown went on to become a prosperous ... Read more

    $17.60 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jamaica Plain

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Images of America
    Regardless of how the name came to be, many agree that Jamaica Plain is one of the loveliest areas of New England. Stories abound as to how Jamaica Plain derived its name; some trace it to the flow of rum shipments to the port of Boston following Oliver Cromwell's seizure of Jamaica in 1660, but whatever the true origin of the name, the area has a rich and colorful history that flows from its ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Roslindale

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Then and Now
    Once referred to as the "Suburb Superb," Roslindale was at one time part of the town of West Roxbury, which had been set off from Roxbury in 1851. The rapid development of Roslindale, which was annexed to the city of Boston in 1874 and was then known as the South Street District, was largely due to the Boston and Providence Railroad and the streetcars that connected the area to Forest Hills ... Read more

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  • Boston's Financial District

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Images of America
    Boston's financial district is considered the heart of New England's banking and finance. It is a veritable overlay of sleek modern office buildings and elegant high-rise structures of the early twentieth century. In the center of this contemporary skyline is evidence of the financial district's long history. Boston's first skyscraper, the Boston Custom House tower, stands high from where it was ... Read more

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  • Boston's Back Bay in the Victorian Era

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Images of America
    The Back Bay was one of Boston's premier residential neighborhoods between 1837 and 1901. From its quagmire beginnings and with the creation of the Boston Public Garden in the 1830s, the Back Bay was envisioned as an urbane and sophisticated streetscape of stone and brick row houses. The major center of the neighborhood became Art Square, now known as Copley Square, which was surrounded by Trinity ... Read more

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  • South Boston

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Then and Now
    In his third book on South Boston, Anthony Mitchell Sammarco chronicles the changes that have taken place in this fascinating neighborhood.South Boston, once a part of Dorchester, was annexed to the city of Boston in 1804. Previously known as a tight-knit community of Polish, Lithuanian, and Irish Americans, South Boston has seen tremendous growth and unprecedented change in the last decade. ... Read more

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  • Boston's North End

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Images of America
    The streets of Boston�s North End, some laid out in the seventeenth century, exude a rich history that has included every generation of immigrants to Boston since 1630. An active port, the neighborhood of the North End also included churches of every denomination, historic homes, and early commercial concerns. Immigrants from Russia, Ireland, Germany, Italy, and most other European countries ... Read more

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  • Boston's South End

    by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ...
    Series series Images of America
    Originally a narrow, barren strip of land known as the Neck, Boston's South End grew from a lonely sentry post and execution grounds to what is today the largest Victorian neighborhood in the United States. With the filling of the South Cove in the 1830s, the area became one of the greatest planned residential districts of its time, a heritage preserved in unique architectural features such as red ... Read more

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